Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver' - latimes.com

Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver' - latimes.com: "Jaime Escalante, the charismatic former East Los Angeles high school teacher who taught the nation that inner-city students could master subjects as demanding as calculus, died Tuesday. He was 79."

An inspiring teacher, too bad the schools couldn't handle him.